Lyrics
From the river Nile I and I heights up
Tell dem seh fi hold di truth and nuh
Come yah come leggo and touch yah know
Hey
Well ah none can save yuh outta dis ah judgement boy
Nuh throw nuh water cause di fire nah go quench
With love, every wicked heart mi come yah fi drench
Selassie I, higher than di President
It mek sense
For simple reason hold your own
Not even yuh friend dey go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason I have I own
When yuh standing at di level wicked waan put yuh down
Well, for simple reasons of your own
Not even yuh friend dey go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason I have I own
When yuh standing at dis level Babylon ah put yuh
Cyaan draw betta dem sketch
Dem full ah bodyguard, dem ah who dem ah protect
Tell dem in front dem face seh di Rastaman nuh flex
Could never surprise, or bribe I to step
Traps in disguise ah fi di youths dem set
Di judgement ah rise to di government neck
Natural livity ah wicked heart it ah eject
Destroy dem all only wid di first step
Ghetto youths I call up pon yuh fi do yuh best
Every wolf bound fi fall
So mek di check, but nuh mek nuh tek
For simple reason hold your own
Not even yuh friend dey go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason I have I own
When yuh stand at di level Babylon waan put yuh down
Hey, for simple reason hold your own
I cyaan stumble, Itopia is I own
For some reason I have I own
Honourable Marcus cyaan pickney yuh tone
Know dat Itopia heal and increase
Prime minister go nuh further wid seductive speech
From afar I stand for joy and di ease
Unnu stand fi war when di ghetto youths speak
Selassie seh fi gi dem and dis go fi eat
I have di knowledge, needless to beseech
Rise up children, move di wolf from di sheep
Weh yuh ah do mi friend? Yuh ah model or teach?
Unnu miss ah beat
For simple reason hold yuh grounds
Not even yuh friend dey go safe when I and I trumpet sound
Hey, for some reason mi have my own
When yuh stand at dis level Babylon waan put yuh down
Hey, for simple reason grab yuh own
Not even yuh friend ah go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason have yuh own
When yuh stand up at dis level youths dem waan put yuh down
None can save yuh outta dis ah judgement boy
Nuh throw nuh water cause di fire nah go quench
With love, every wicked heart Selah come fi drench
Selassie higher than dem President
Ah tell yuh seh cyaan see outta di third eye
Marcus Garvey dem ah come fi deny
Holy Emmanuel, some boy cyaan cry
Yuh done know seh I am Ras Selassie I
Dem military force full up ah bombs and gun
Black people blood dem waan fi run
Mi ah go ah Itopia, mi nah lef' none
Prince and princess yuh know di whole ah dem ah come
Unnu tink ah fun
For simple reason hold yuh own
Not even yuh brethren ah go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason I have I own
Dat ah African ah boy cyaan dutty 'nna Jah throne
Mi tell yuh seh, for simple reason hold yuh own
Not even yuh friend dey go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason I have I own
When yuh stand up at dis level Babylon t-
Cyaan draw betta dem sketch
Full ah bodyguard, dem ah who dem ah protect
Tell dem in front dem face seh di Rastaman nuh flex
Could never surprise, or bribe I to step
Traps in disguise fi di ghetto youths dem set
Di judgement ah rise to di government neck
Natural livity, all di fake I reject
Destroy dem all only wid di first step
Ghetto youths I call up pon yuh fi do yuh best
Every wolf bound fi fall
No joke mi ah mek, dem miss ah flex
For simple reason hold yuh grounds
Not even di wicked ah go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason Jah gi' my own
At, at dis level dem waan put yuh down
For simple reason hold yuh own
Not even yuh brethren dey go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason Jah gi' my own
When yuh standing at dis level how dem waan put yuh down
Tell dem seh fi hold di truth and nuh
Come yah come leggo and touch yah know
Hey
Well ah none can save yuh outta dis ah judgement boy
Nuh throw nuh water cause di fire nah go quench
With love, every wicked heart mi come yah fi drench
Selassie I, higher than di President
It mek sense
For simple reason hold your own
Not even yuh friend dey go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason I have I own
When yuh standing at di level wicked waan put yuh down
Well, for simple reasons of your own
Not even yuh friend dey go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason I have I own
When yuh standing at dis level Babylon ah put yuh
Cyaan draw betta dem sketch
Dem full ah bodyguard, dem ah who dem ah protect
Tell dem in front dem face seh di Rastaman nuh flex
Could never surprise, or bribe I to step
Traps in disguise ah fi di youths dem set
Di judgement ah rise to di government neck
Natural livity ah wicked heart it ah eject
Destroy dem all only wid di first step
Ghetto youths I call up pon yuh fi do yuh best
Every wolf bound fi fall
So mek di check, but nuh mek nuh tek
For simple reason hold your own
Not even yuh friend dey go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason I have I own
When yuh stand at di level Babylon waan put yuh down
Hey, for simple reason hold your own
I cyaan stumble, Itopia is I own
For some reason I have I own
Honourable Marcus cyaan pickney yuh tone
Know dat Itopia heal and increase
Prime minister go nuh further wid seductive speech
From afar I stand for joy and di ease
Unnu stand fi war when di ghetto youths speak
Selassie seh fi gi dem and dis go fi eat
I have di knowledge, needless to beseech
Rise up children, move di wolf from di sheep
Weh yuh ah do mi friend? Yuh ah model or teach?
Unnu miss ah beat
For simple reason hold yuh grounds
Not even yuh friend dey go safe when I and I trumpet sound
Hey, for some reason mi have my own
When yuh stand at dis level Babylon waan put yuh down
Hey, for simple reason grab yuh own
Not even yuh friend ah go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason have yuh own
When yuh stand up at dis level youths dem waan put yuh down
None can save yuh outta dis ah judgement boy
Nuh throw nuh water cause di fire nah go quench
With love, every wicked heart Selah come fi drench
Selassie higher than dem President
Ah tell yuh seh cyaan see outta di third eye
Marcus Garvey dem ah come fi deny
Holy Emmanuel, some boy cyaan cry
Yuh done know seh I am Ras Selassie I
Dem military force full up ah bombs and gun
Black people blood dem waan fi run
Mi ah go ah Itopia, mi nah lef' none
Prince and princess yuh know di whole ah dem ah come
Unnu tink ah fun
For simple reason hold yuh own
Not even yuh brethren ah go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason I have I own
Dat ah African ah boy cyaan dutty 'nna Jah throne
Mi tell yuh seh, for simple reason hold yuh own
Not even yuh friend dey go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason I have I own
When yuh stand up at dis level Babylon t-
Cyaan draw betta dem sketch
Full ah bodyguard, dem ah who dem ah protect
Tell dem in front dem face seh di Rastaman nuh flex
Could never surprise, or bribe I to step
Traps in disguise fi di ghetto youths dem set
Di judgement ah rise to di government neck
Natural livity, all di fake I reject
Destroy dem all only wid di first step
Ghetto youths I call up pon yuh fi do yuh best
Every wolf bound fi fall
No joke mi ah mek, dem miss ah flex
For simple reason hold yuh grounds
Not even di wicked ah go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason Jah gi' my own
At, at dis level dem waan put yuh down
For simple reason hold yuh own
Not even yuh brethren dey go safe when I ah bring di drum ah sound
For some reason Jah gi' my own
When yuh standing at dis level how dem waan put yuh down